Democrats, Republicans And The Politics Of Women: Chapter Analysis

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The main topics of chapters one through 4 in the book Democrats, Republicans and the Politics of Women are that gender plays a large part in politics and how people make partisan decisions. The chapters also cover how the two political parties differ in their stances on different gender issues. I really liked Sanbonmatsu’s differentiation between gender equality and role change. I found this to be an interesting separation that helped me understand and better categorize my already existing knowledge of how gender politics and opinions about gender equality worked.
I really enjoyed most of the findings of the first four chapters and I appreciated the background summary that she provided in the second chapter. Having that solid background on

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